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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, have expressed different views on the crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly. Reacting to the moves by the House of Representatives ...

The Nigerian Navy has said 10 crewmembers of the Turkish-flagged general cargo vessel, MV PAKSOY 1, attacked by pirates at the weekend in the Niger Delta was still missing. Waylaid South West of Brass, the naval high command said the ...

Nigeria is to supply 10 per cent of India’s crude oil requirements in the face of competing for the demand for the product from other countries. Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, dropped the ...

The Kwara State House of Assembly has set a five-man Ad-Hoc Committee to probe illegal acquisition of government property by individuals in the state. This followed matter of general public importance on the sudden change of government-owned Tourist Kitchen to ...

Yoruba youths urge Shiites to stay away from Lagos Business activities were grounded, as several shops in Kaduna remained closed, while many people stayed indoors, following the arraignment of Shiites leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zinat at the ...

The Senate has resolved to henceforth engage donor agencies that give humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the country to make commitments to accountability on their donations. It said it would do this through the National Planning Commission ...

The Edo Government has insisted that the House of Representatives lacked the constitutional powers to shut the state House of Assembly. The Governor Godwin Obaseki administration was responding to a resolution of the lower chamber of the National Assembly ordering ...

The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to redouble efforts towards extending the nation’s continental shelf. Citing Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Nigeria, had in May 2009, written ...

The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that Nigeria risks being a dumping ground with President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Director General of NECA, Timothy Olawale who spoke to journalists after ...

General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-Gen. Abdulmalik Biu has urged Boko Haram fighters to either lay down their arms or be forced to comply to end insurgency. He stressed that their surrender, was to save ...